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Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 19, 2019, select roads and services in Yellowstone National Park will open for the season, weather permitting. To celebrate National Park Week, entrance fees will be waived on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Open Roads
West Entrance to Old Faithful
Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful (via Norris)
Norris to Canyon Village
North Entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs to Northeast Entrance (open year-round)

Springtime in Yellowstone
Springtime in Yellowstone means fewer crowds, opportunities for hiking at lower elevations, and skiing or snowshoeing at higher elevations. Wildlife viewing highlights this time of year include bison calving, bears recently emerged from dens, bull elk antlers in velvet, and the arrival of migratory birds.

Yellowstone Pledge
Take the Yellowstone Pledge. It’s a personal promise you make to yourself and the park. It can be taken anywhere: it doesn’t need to be taken out loud or in front of anyone. Here are the Top 10 Ways to put the Pledge into action. YellowstonePledge and encourage others to do the same.

Weather-permitting, East Entrance and select roads in Yellowstone open Friday, May 3

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East Entrance to Lake Village (Sylvan Pass) and Lake Village to Canyon Village will open Friday, May 3, at 8 a.m. to public motorists.
A significant snowpack still exists in the Sylvan Pass area. Park rangers will monitor avalanche conditions. Temporary closures may occur.
For the 2019 season, expect 30-minute delays along the East Entrance Road between Fishing Bridge and Indian Pond.

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If a bear approaches or touches your car, honk your horn and drive away to discourage this behavior.
On Saturday, May 11, a black bear in the Tower-Roosevelt area put its paws on vehicles.
In May of 2018, a black bear previously fed by people in the Mammoth Hot Springs area approached a vehicle, put its paws on a door and looked into the vehicle’s windows. Also last May, a grizzly bear near Yellowstone Lake went up to a car and played with its antenna.
Bears that grow accustomed to people and view humans as a food source can become aggressive and have to be killed.

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A noisy geyser in Yellowstone National Park has roared back to life after three years of quiet.
Ledge Geyser is one of the biggest in Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin.
The Billings Gazette reports the geyser shoots hot water at an angle up to 125 feet (38 meters) high and a distance of 220 feet (67 meters).
Yellowstone geologist Jeff Hungerford says Ledge Geyser is noisy because its water and steam must pass through a narrow opening in the ground.
Yellowstone has more than 10,000 thermal features and 500 geysers, more than anywhere else on Earth. Some geysers such as Old Faithful are predictable but most, like Ledge Geyser, erupt erratically.